New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-11-21
CLEVER BURGLARS AT WORK.
STEALING MIR. MoRGAN'S JEwELGY.
THE LOSS ABOUT $lO,0OO-THE POLICE THINK THAT
THEY HAVE A CLTW

THE loss ABOUT $40, ,OOO-rHE POLICE THINK THAT
THEY HAVE \ CLrw
Natthcw Morgan lives in the four-story, brown
stone house, No. PSI Lexington ave. The family Oh
Mr. Morgan getting ready TO 20 10 thuich yes
tcrlay morning and ono of the ladies went TO a
bureau drawer to get some earrings. She did not
find them I'm the place where they were usually kept,
and looked around the room expecting TO see them
upon one ~ the tables. They could not be found.
This was thought cN.'c lnsly strange Tn" further
developments even moro rcmarkahle MI
Morgan, attention was called TO the fact that tie
lcwclry missing, ani further search made ny
him and other members Of the family showed that
thcro were several empty jewel cases in the house
Earrings. bracelets and rings, nearly all OF which
contained diamonds to the total value OF $4,000
were missing They hai disappeared I'm some myS
tcrlous mlnn,r, aul the thief had not left any trace
a. FAR As NJ Morgan coud discover.
H. searched the house for evidence but codld find
none He then went to Police Headquarters and re
ported the robbery to Inspector Byrncs Detective
Crowley sent to make an examination of the
promises. Mr. Morgan also communicated the story
Of h, loss to Captain Ryan Of the Thirty fifth street
station and Detectives Maloncy and Met arty were
sent to work up the In company with Detective
Crowley.
so SIGN OF BURGLARY AT THE HOUSE.
The detectives first visited the house. 1t stands
the west side of the avenue near Thirty seventh
81. ON the south sio Of the house IS a yard aboHt
twenty feet wide. which extends beyond the rear
Thcr' are windows on the south side, but the
yard gives free access TO the doors and windows in
the rear. The detectives searched the windows and
doors for marks Of JimmieS.7 The front every
whore found TO be without scratches, save those
which could como from ordinary The locks
had not been picked the bolts forced in any way,
and the servant who opens up the house in the
morning said that the doors and windows were closed
usual
What at first appeared Ike a simple robbery by burg
lars became complicatc the deeper the detectives
dove into the investigations 1t was suggested that 1t
might have brcn the work Of second story thieves, who
had entered the house by climbing up the wall While
the family were at llnncr Saturday. house In
this ncghborhood robbed In this manner several
years ago and the men who did the JOB are out of
prison and are believed to be- ln the city 1hcy be-
longcd 10 what was then known as the Thirty st.
gang one of their members Is an expert climber. and
can go mp any wall that viii give him the least foot
hold This would account for the robbery If any evi-
dcncc could De found that the place Was worked by
second story
The POOIICE UNWILLING To TALK ABOUT IT.
The police of the Thirty fifth street station were
rcccn about the robbery last evening and would not
tell upon whom suspicion had fastened There are
three women servants in the house. They were all
CLOSELY questioned and enough was learned 10 show
tI,t they could not throw Hight ON the robbery.
one of the said that small clock Mar HSS5
from her room yesterday morning Tho officer on the
heat i'm Lexington ave. dd not see any one lnoWHH1
around MI MorganS house at any UH' u"''"7 9"'"'
day night. ..,. a., a., ,,,,, last
cyculnc lie refused positively 10 say anything aD"u,
The robbery aud reluctantly admitted that ihctn ndr
ircn ,rc Ilr would give the value Oi inc sou,>
.tnlrn nor state whether he suspected any one iic
said that hc had turned the case over 10 th' l"''t
is believed that the police have got Glow that VIII
soon discover the guilty p'iau"''